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‘‘All hand* drunk” was the cause of
the sinking ot the Tallapoosa.
Thieves broke into the Methodist
patyonage at Troy, N. Y., and stole all
the stiver spoons. The Butler cam
paign opens briskly.
The liay crop of New England is a
failure. Now let the Georgia fanner
cut out his own hay and his indepen
dence at one and the same time.
The other events named were on the
2d and 9th respectively, there being
just seven days, or one week between
the two dates. -
TIT WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AN0 MESSENGER. FRIDAY. AUGUST 2!). 1884.
The question, “lias the dude
brains?” has at last been satisfactorily
.settled. One of the guild has suc
ceeded in killing himself with mor
phine. V
Indiana has put a negro man in her
penitentiary for marrying a white girl
This is good so far as it goes. Now let
her put the white girl where site cannot
marry another negro.
The gallant naval officer who com
manded {the Tallapoosa thundered
through his speaking trumpet “Turn
her ono way or the other.” Annapolis
should be proud of him.
The Virginia banker wiio robbed his
patrons put a pistol to his head and
pulled the trigger. Down in this sec
tion the faithless banker opens up a
new deadfall for confiding customers.
Me. Blaine talks in his sleep, and
tlio other night he was heard to mutter:
“Let us alone, Mulligan letters alone.”
Then he turned over and asked Mrs.
Blaine if a mat was ever sunstruck in
the night time.
New Yoke papers demand the estab
lishment of the whipping-post to pun
ish men who brutally maltreat their
wives. And the South wants the wliip-
!i>ing-post to put i an end to the petty
primes of negroes and relieve its jails.
The saints have been stirred up by
the killing of the Mormon missionaries
in Tennessee, and consider the “blood
of the martyrs the seed of the church.”
It occurs to us that peoplo who desire
to qmbrace Mormonism would be a
good riddance to any community.
Thebe is danger that the iron nail
busineas will fall by the way and throw
out of employment a vast number of
hands. Steel nails are now manufac
tured almost ss cheaply as iron.Several
mills bare changed from the latter to
the former and more changes are prom
ised. The force employed to get out
fifteen tons of iron nails per day using
a Bessemer plant can produce 200 tons.
The Galveston Sew has been swear
ing that everything was lost if Ireland
was nominated for Governor by the
Democratic convention. It asked a few
days since: 11 How can the Democrats
talk about Cleveland and administrative
reform and business-like government
with John Ireland the Democratic can*
didate for Governor?” The answer
came in the unanimous nomination of
Ireland. Will the Sew bolt?
Massachusetts does not like Blaine
and for this reason: “On January
22, 1878,. Senator Hannibal Hamlin
offered a joint resolution tendering Ike
thanks of Congress to the Governor
and the people of Maine for the statue
of William King, juBt presented to the
United St&tesr* In the debate that fol
lowed Mr. Blaine charged that Massa
chusetts had made an unpatriotic record
in the war of 1812. Mr. Dawes, of that
State, asked him to ind'eate an un
patriotic action on the part of Massa
chusetts. Mr. Blaine replied as fol
lows:
"I will tell you. I will tell you now aud
here. Massachusetts refused to pass and ta
llied a resolution thanking one of berown na
val nlticen for a victory because It had been
gained In an unjust war. They refused to
thank the admiral and gallant commander of
the Horoet for capturing the Brtilsh man-of-
war, the Peacock. That stands oo your owu
legislative Journals. If you wnnt the record. I
can give you more and graver Icstancci until
the sun sets—aud for a Senator from Massa
chusetts to rise here and preteud that his Hlato
did not bristle all over with unpatriotic re
cords going clear up to the verge of treason,
and, in the opinion of some patriots of that
day, stepping one point beyond It, la a degree
of bravery which It would havo been well to
show In the war and not reserved for this
day."
But Massachusetts likes the Repub
lican party, and though Blaine told
some plain truths about her in an un
pleasant way and at an unfortunate
time, yet she will go for Blaine rather
than see her glory and power depart
with tlie grand old party. Massachu
setts may lie relied upon to stiflo sen
timent at the instance of self-interest.
Gznzbal Lonc.street was buttled
out of office to make way for Bryant,
upon the charge that there was negli
gence in bit official bntineat. It now
appetrt that hit accounts have never
been examined, and were found scat
tered about in the auditor’s office.
General Longmrcet is entitled to fair
treatment, nnd ought to have some
friend in Congress who will go to the
bottom of this Bryant business.
The Memphis A ralanche outlines the
political situation South in this para
graph: “Whether he bo a free trader
or a protectionist, Mr. Cleveland will
get the votes of the Southern free
traders and protectionists. The tariff
fight in the South will be made within
the Democratic party lines, and the
usufruct will bo a large number of pro
tectionists in the next Congress from
the South. The Democratic party will
control all Southern States until an
opposition party it organised with
some capacity for maintaining good
government.”
The dates of several of the most im
portant events in the history of the
Washington monument afford
markable instance of coincidence. The
original resolution to erect an eques
trian statue to the memory of George
Washington St the seat of the federal
government, which was the first step
towards the erection of the present
monument was offered in Congress
August 7.1783. When Congress finally
appropriated money to complete the
unfinished sliaft.it happened, that the
appropriation wae made on the 2d
Vtigust, 1876. The first atone laid on
tlie monument after the resumption of
the work was .laid onthe7th of August,
1 -vi, on the anniversary of tbe dsy
w in'll the original resolution was intro-
iueed, and the last stone of the shaft
v, as laid on the 8th of the
An.'1st. Thus tlie month of Angustie
an important one in the calendar of tbe
monument, and the 7th of August has
been marked by two important events.
Personal.
The Macon correspondent of the At
lanta Constitution forwards the follow
ing dispatch to that journal:
8II»NtiY LEWIS'S RETIREMENT—HR LEAVE* TUB
TELEGRAPH AND MKASKNORR’.? EDITORIAL
STAFF
Macon, Ga., August 25.-rsp e clal.]-~Constd-
e mhlc surprise was caused the Macon people
to-dey by the announcement on the atreete
that Mr. Sidney lewis bad acrerod his e Ito-
rial connection with tho Tm.coeai*h and
Messsxois, because, it Is said, that the pap r
waa manifesting inch itrong Republican,pro-
cllvilics that he, aa a true Democrat, could
no longer serve the Teleor*™. Mr Lewis
hsd charge of tho Georgia newa columns of
tho paper, and, until recently, had done con-
sHerable editorial paragraphing. It la not
knowu who will auccced Mr. Lewis on the
Tr.LEur.Aru. Ilcbia many friends here who
with him abundant aucceaa wherever ho goes
~ - w hatever he doe s.
Tlie Savannah Morning Sew pub
lishes the following on the same sub
ject, from its Macon correspondent :
LEWIS with Tits NESSENaBS.
Sidney Lewis stal.pl on the etreeta of Macon
to-day, that on last Saturday night h» severed
his editorial connection with he Txlborapu
and Measekgrr. This announcement he#
caused much surprise here. Mr Lewis had
charge of tho Georgia newa column of that
Journal until lately, and waa a ao edltorl 1
paragraph writer. The canaeol Mr. l-ewl.’i
■ereranee la said to be that hie Domoerary
would no longer permit him to remain with
(lie TrLtosAfU because of Its Inclined Repub
lican proclivities In the Presidential campaign
now pending.
Tin! position of the Telegraph can
not be fixed by the views, opinions or
wishes of Mr. Lewis, aud the fact that'
he throws up a position, with full re
muneration, cannot possibly affect its
fortunes any more than the retirement
of one ot its many subordinates.
Hie coming of Mr. Lewis to the staff
of the TxLsnnAPn and Messenger did
not alter in any degree its editorial
policy, and Ids retirement cannot in
any measure affect its policy, hiatus or
purpose. During his connection witn
tliis journal ho was treated witii kind
i, liberality and a full consideration
of bis services. He was in no degree
responsible for its views or utterances
on economic or political questions.
These observations are demanded by
the above publications, which are cal'
colatod and doubtless intended to in
jure tho paper in sections beyond its
circulation.
A Subscriber Answered.
EDITOSITStEOSAPIt A* D M’eSKNQKR: Your
position In reference to the ter ft question end
the nomination of Got. • levelenit ee Un Dem.
oerstlc cendldele for the Preetdcncy*ere well'
kqnwn Will yon favor ua with a »ut**ment
your position as to the coura* the toe m Data
ot the D-mocratlc party should pur ue Id ’he
coming Presidential election, and -oblige,
your* very truly, Boeaceieen.
While we cannot see how onr post-
tion in reference to the support of
Cleveland’s candidacy can ho mlsun
dcrstood.vLt in reply to the above com
munication from an honored citiien of
Georgia and a life long Democrat, wo
cheerfully restate it in brief:
Tbe tariff question is a national ques
tion affecting all sections of tbe coun
try. If Cleveland's election shall re
sult in a free trade policy this will be
corrected through future elections.
The negro question is a sectional
question affecting only tbe people
the Booth. These are the only issues
that will have an influence in the Presi
dential campaign.
To the people of the South the su
premacy of the white race is a ques
tion of paramount importance. South
ern prosperity and Southern civilisa
tion both depend npon it. Division
among the white voters of the South
means negro supremacy. This should
be prevented at any sacrifice and at all
hazards. The Democratic party is the
white man’s party, and this fact con
stitutes its chief and sufficient claim
npon Southern white men.
These doctrines are familiar to the
readers ot the TELioEAru. If it has
ever altered a sentiment to tbe con
trary we will thank any man to give us
the day and date of it* utterance, so
that we may retract It.
For these reasons, and from the fur
ther (act tha'. Governor Cleveland U
the nominee of tbe party, and its only
poaaible candidate in this campaign
we shall vote tor him and advise all
i Democrat* to do likewise.
The Lessen of Twsnty Years,
Reunions of Confederate survivors
have marked the present and past sum'
tners. Many incidents have occurred
to lend interest to these occasions.
They have been both pleasant and
mournful. They have alike been use
ful in preserving and perpetuating tlie
ties that bound men together when
common interests and a common dan
ger made them brothers in a common
cause.
The principles that animated these
men are known to tho world, and their
patriotism nnd valor will ever be a heri ;
tags to the generations of the South
that are to come after them.
The most striking feature, as a gen
eral rule, that has been developed in
these reunions, is the absence of bit
terness between former enemies. The
survivors also appreciate the blessings
of peace, and are impressed that its
victories are as great, and
its effects more valuable
and permanent, than those of war.
At this distance from the scene,
where the purposes and passions of
both sides sought solution in war, and
while, under influences that permit the
exercise of reason and judgment, we
can separate the real from tlie imagi
nary dangers with which we were then
threatened, we can begin to see that
the war at last was not an unmixed
evil to the people of the South. It en
tailed npon us the loss of our son3 and
the permanent menace of negro suf
frage. For neither of these can we
hope or expect any compensation. The
loss of slavery, which the South yielded
up with a sorrow approximating that
which she felt for her fallen sons, du
minishes ns time places each succeed
ing year between us and emancipation.
Tbe weakness of a position which we
once thought strong, by virtue of
slavery, is daily showing itself to our
people; and by degrees the truth is
dawning npon us that, instead of<
strength, it brought us weakness.
We can now see that our social and.
financial power depended upon slavery
and that slavery was dependent upon
agriculture. That the latter became
our only industrial reliance, not by vir
tue of its inherent or overwhelming ad
vantages, but because the institution of
slavery and the convenience and pro
tection of its owners made agriculture
a necessity. The opposition of the civ-
ilized world to slavery, and hence the
fact that people coming from anywiiere
into tho South would come without
sympathy with or interest in its preser
vation, made it secure just in propor
tion as the negro was isolated. Agri
culture, with its meansof oversightand
control, nnd reducing, as it did prior to
the tfur, does nowand always will, the
contact of classes, was the only system
under which it could havo been pre
served.
We looked with suspicion upon tlie
influx of people from other sections;
we regarded the contact of promiscu
ous classes as dangerous in their
influence upon the negro,
the masses believed the wealth of tho
■nth phenomenal, and that her posi
tion as securing a permanent prosperity
unexceled, if, indeed, it was not
uneqnaied by any section of this coun
try, or any country in the world. We
vainly supposed that our great staples,
the resuitof slavery,were so important
to tho welfare of other nations, that
they would bo compelled, willingly or
unwillingly, to sustain us in any posi
tion we might assume, in order that we
might supply them witii cotton and to
bacco.
Tho war developer] in a short time
that instead of superior social organ-
ism, based upon a few agricultural
products, enhanced in quantity by the
necessity (or protection to and employ
ment for slavery, we were the most
helpless people in the world. Failing
to encourage and develop diversity of
production, wo found ourselves at war
with our ports blockaded, without
arms or munitions, without establish
ments to produce them or the men to
build them, or the means to build if
had the men, and with
out moral support where
had confidently reliod upon it. Every
man in:he South learned this mucli at
least from a situation that no one can
realize who did not experience it.
The close of the war brought social
upheaval and uncovered a condition ot
financial rain. In the presence of
these the people, without voice in their
own government, dominated by former
slaves, without money or credit, and
with their only industry destroyed,
knew every evil but dishonor, every
misfortune save despair. ThesA were
the results of mistaken judgment and
policy. We had built the temple of
our greatness npon foundations of sand,
and in a moment it had tottered to its
fall and crumbled to dost.
Tbe long night passed; the growing
strength and hope of a better decade
are coming np with the evidences o( a
great work thst baa been wrought,
l’assion is either dying away or already
dead. Hopeful men, with error
eradicated by bitter and costly expe
rience, sons profiting by the lessons
their fathers learned, are planning for
the future prosperity of a section sin
guiarly blessed with advantages, aig-
naily cursed by tolly that prevented
their improvement. With the memories
of the camp and field, the comrades
living and those who are dead, the
hopes that Inspired and the fears that
depressed them, the surviving Con
federate soldiers are blending their ex
periences in the straggle they have had
in tbe pnrsnitaof peace and the hopes
that animate them in the present* of a
new destiny that baa dawned upon ns.
They are telling of new fields o( en
terprise, new advantages, of industrial
revolution as the means of financial re
demption. When twenty years more
•hall paw away awl the influence of
this work ahall be credited against tlie
abolition <4 slavery, the peotJe of the
South wiU regard its loss without re
gret.
A “Confederate” Reunion.
The meeting yesterday in Masonic
Hall of the surviving members of the
Fifth Georgia Regiment and Confed
erate veterans was an occasion long to
lie remembered by the survivors of
that command. It was another one of
the many occasione upon which, since
tlie war ended, the real men uf tlie hour
of strife met to express their joy for
peace, and live again for a little while
the stirring life of a soldier. A deeper
interest was added to this assembly
by the return in a most generous
and wbolesouied style of the ting of the
regiment. Perhaps it is not express
ing it too strongly to say that more
generous sentiments were never ex
changed between old antagonists, nor
Buch an occasion as delicately robbed
of bitterness.
The TaLCGBAPn delights to record
such meetings. To say that they-re
unite sections and disarm enmity is
hut to repeat the conventional senti
ment of tlie speaker’s stand. They do
this and more. They keep
alive the principles for which the
late war was fought, and emphasize
the grandeur of constitutional liberty.
Too many people regard the cause of
tho Confederacy merely ns tlie estab
lishment of a separate government.
Its aims were higher titan this, and em
braced principles wiiich, then denied,
to-day are one by one being recognized
and emphasized by the highest courts
in the land. The Confederacy is dead,
but the constitution lives, stronger to
day than twenty-five years ago. Not
in vain was Southern soil baptized in
the blood of her sons.
And more: The Southland is to-day
In a better position to advance
than in 1860. “They are gone
You are going,” said Colonel Harde
man yesterday, in his address to tlie
veterans. "Time has plowed his fur
rows upon your cheeks, age lias
stamped ids seal upon your brows.
But Georgisis not dead; she is not dy
ing.” The State, with her sisters, has
passed through tlie fire; tlie gold that
remains is purer and brighter. Tlies
tilings appear ai.d are made plain at
every meeting of the old .soldiers.
They seem to inspire hope and exalt
memory. The men who look upon the
ruins of the Confederacy see in place of
a "lost cause,” the foundations of a
new, broader, brighter prosperity;
they go fortlr and tell the people that
the Sooth's unconquerable spirit
is now applied to the conflict with
unfavorable conditions, that tlie shouts
of victory are heard in the rash of
wheels, the roar of machinery, the rus
tling corn and the bursting cotton;
timt before her advancing armies hills
go down, forests are leveled, and the
quarries yield; that along the line,
mills, factories, storehouses and public
buildings spring np and are garrisoned
witii the rank and file; that over all
floatanotthe red cross flag of bloody,
battles, but the white banner of peace.
The Jonthern men fight net to-day
for supremacy witii only the hoe, as
thirty years ago, nor for cxlsteme with
tho musket, as in the “aixtiesy” but,
armed with every weapon of commer
cial nnd industrial warfare, they are
rapidly making their section want-
proof and' independent. To meet
together, talk over tlie past and
present, and realize that the Con
federate soldier and the Southern la
borer an. moved by tbe same old im
perishable ardor, and tiiat the cause
thought lost shines in a new form al
most in reach, is good tor the-whole
country.
cannibalism. The flesh of six of the
bodies might have sufficed for bait, and
on this theory wo can better under
stand why six remained umnutilated.
Small portions only would have been
necessary for bait, while largo portions
alone would have satisfied tho raven
ous hunger of any cannibals among the
survivors. Further developments may
show tljese inferences to be erroneous.
We only contend that, as the case
stands at present, tlie auA'ivors of tlie
Greely expedition are entitled to a ver
dict of ‘Not proven,’ so tar os the
charges against them relate to canni
balism.”
Vindication of the Oreelr Survivors.
The country has received no severer
shock than the one which has been
given it by the sickening details of tlie
alleged cannibalism, as set ont by
many of tha daily papers. It would
have been far better to have officially
throttled the suspicion at iti birth.
Tho Journal of Commerce has come
to tlie relief of t^e unfortunate men who
survive and the friends and relatives
of those who perished, in an article so
timely and friendly, that we reproduce
it in this shape, to give it the strongest,
indorsement. It says:
"The survivors of tbe Greely expedi
tion are fairly entitled to the Scotch
verdict ’not proven’ in tlie case of can
nibalism on the evidence so far submit
ted. Lieutenant Greely positively de
clares that be has no knowledge of any
such act, It may be presumed that he
will reaffirm this statement—if he
touchesMpon the matter—in his official
report to the War Department. No one
of the other snrvivore lias confessed the
truth of the charge. Commander
Schley officially reports that only
six of the dead bodies recovered
showed signs of mutilation, the other
six being absointely whole and un
touched. . If the survivors were driven
to cannibalism by the awful pangs of
hanger, it is surprising that they did
not consume the flesh of all their dead
comrades. Had they done so they
would not have been found the living
skeletons they have been described.
Tho (act that only one-half of tho
number of ail the dead were mutilated
with the knife is a point of great im-
portance in its bearing on the case. It
justifies tlie following inferences: First
—that if any persons in tho original
Greely party resorted to canibalism in
their despair, thou persons are not
necessarily among the snrvivore. Ifall
the twelve dead bodies had been strip
ped of their flesh some one or more of
■tlie survivors most have been held
responsible for taking part in the muti
lation. As only six were so treated,
tlie survivors cannot be de
nied the benefit of the
doubt in their favor. Secondly—there
is no proof thst tbe flesh taken from the
dead bodies was not need u a bait to
catch shrimps, npon a scanty supply of
which the snrvivore are said to havo
prolonged their wretched existence.
This is shocking, if true, hot it'is not
Francs and China
Have at length Joined in active hostili
ties. Tlie first success was gained by
France, and China made but a sorry
figure. Later advices indicate that tho
French fleet was forced to withdraw
under the fire of powerful Krupp guns
in a fort. This is but the prelude to a
short but bloody war, if mediation ctn-
not be yet accepted, for such details os
have been made public betoken a cruel
spirit. It is hut fair to state, however,
that tlie accounts of conduct that ap
pears to violate tho rules of civilized
warfare come from English sources,
and should consequently be received
with caution.
Those who profess to know declare
that China is but illy prepared for war,
while tho French expedition is fully
equipped. But China will act
tlie defensive, and Is by no means pow
erless. She has three fleets.
Tlie Canton fleet comprises twelve
gunboats, of which nine were fltade in
England and are in charge of English
officers. Tho Fu-kiang fleet is com
posed of six gunboats and a few trans
port vessels; these wero made at Foo-
Cliow under tlie supervision of French
men. This fleet is in excellent order,
and it is in charge of Chinamen. Tho
Shanghai fleet is composed of nine gun
boats, two' frigates and several trans
port vessels. All these were made by
tlie Chinamen themselves and are
rather insignificant. Recently China
has got from England eight iron-clads,
armed with guns of the largest calibre.
Tho strongest and most effective part
of tlie Chinese fleet is made up
of thirteen small gunboats, named
after the letters of tbe Greek
alphabet, of 1,360 tons displacement.
They are built of steel, and aie pro
pelled by twin screws driven by com*
ponnd engines of, together, 2,000 indi
cated horse power. They eacli carry
two twenty-six ton ten-inch breech-
loading gunl, mounted npon centre
pilots, one forward and the other aft.
Each of these heavy guns commands
a nearly all around fire. The charge
of tho gun is 180 pounds of powder, the
weight of projectile 400 pounds, and
tho penetrativb power equal to piercing
eighteen inches of solid', unbacked iron
plate. They carry besides in each four
forty-pounder breech-loading pins,
two nine-pounder breechdooding (tuns,
two Nordenfeldts and four Gattlings,
and, furthermore, two steam cutters
fitted with spar torpedoes. The ves
sels are also armed with a formidable
steel knife edge spar or ram.
It is not. likely thak any formidable
proportion of this navy has yet been
engaged, for our accounts relate only to
the sinking of two gunboats. Tlie fleet
commanded by English officers ought
to give a good account of itself, and if
the Chinese are capable of fighting
their other ships France will have no
holiday task before her.
It is the hope of all those nstengaged
or interested on either side that this
wav may yet bp averted, but If it fat to
become a question of ships, men and
gnns, greet inserest will he excited in
the encounter betwoen the- modern
tron-armored ships.
There has never yet been a fair and
conclusive teat as between such-vessels
since'they have become part of the
navies of the world. Daring the-Franeo-
Prussian war, the nary of Franco did
nothing. The naval battles between
Chili and Fern were not conclusive aa
to armored ships. The South toaght
the North at great disadvantage-on wa
ter. Tho torpedo service wilt also he
fully tested with the aid of that mighty
explosive dynamite. Let us hope, how
ever, that China will Bottle with France
in money, and then go to work to re
coup out 6f tea drinkers and the small
boy by the tale of tea and fire cock
ers.
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havo one of the grandest competitive I
drills ever witnessed in this country | .v drummer railed o^TeUta...
with companies hero not only from all , 8a Id he to hlmiOU. let mo tbinque '
portions of tho Union, hut from Meal f ) ‘ " *"
and other lands. The proposed inter
national regatta, under tlie manage
ment 9f our boating clubs, promises to
bo a great event in aquatic circles.
These, witii winter races, a billiard
tournament, a bicyclo gathering and
much more of the samo sort, will make
New Orleans ono of tho liveliest nnd
most attractive cities in the country all
through tho so tsou. The visitor here
will never be lacking for amusement,
Tliero will always he something going
on to interest and amuse him.
Isabella nnd Alfonso’s Lunas,
Tho outside public take very little in
terest in Spanish affairs, and is equally
oblivious do the dissentions which oc
casionally shake up that political coi
ner. Spain, however, goes right along
having plots, revolutions and intrigues
just as though she was attracting the
attention of the whole world. The
present trouble seems to have a woman
at the bottom of it. Old Queen Isa-
liella, who years ago stepped down nnd
out, now wants to step back in nnd up.
The principnl improvement in tho way
of the ambitious old lady is Alphonzo,
or Alfonso, as the sensible moderns
have it. Alfonso is already comforta
bly seated npon the throne, and there
is no room for Isabella, nnless, indeed,
she sits down on tlie present incum
bent, and this she dare not do.
But tlie ex-Queen has never de-
sjiaired. She is determined that the
Bourbons shall reign, through her, if
possible, but if not thus, then through
someone else. In the meantime she
arranges her laces and toys witii her
fan, for tho doctors have been in to seo
Alfonso. They have tapped him oh
tlie lungs, and ono only lias given back
tlie true healthy sound. And then Al-
fonso has n cough. And ns the cough
floats out and rattles tlie bric-a-brac in
tlie anteroom, the ex-Queen smiles,
and suddenly bethinking her of her po
sition, draws the extreme corner of her
laco handkerchief across tho extreme
comer of her eye, grieves liqoidly, and
sighs audibly.
Behind tlie curtain, however, Isa
bella does not weep, nor does she sigh.
She lias the ear of tho prim4 minister
and the eaV of the minister of war, and
these gentlemen have the finances nnd
the army in their portfolios. If Alfonso
should have n sudden hemorrhage, the
chances are Isabella would lie regent of
Spain, and, once regent, how easvto
marry Alfonso’s little daughter to bon
Carlos’s little son, and heal, for tine
week at least, Spanish dissensions at
the foot of the altar.
Another Naval Exploit.
Tlie American navy isbeinggnthered
at Newport, R. I., the most aristocratic
watering place at the North, to engage
iu a review. Billy Chandler is there to
command in person, and has already
succeeded in vanning a' ship aground.
A> Providence special gives tills account
of his exploit:
“Tlie naval squadron went ont from
Newport this afternoon to (Vest Island;
Secretary Chandler was on tho Ten.
nesaee, the other vessels being the
Swatara, Yandalia and Alliance. On
tho Allianco were the Senate commit-
tec cn ordnance, their ladies and At- some of thorn said to l
torney-General Brewster. Their pur
pose in going to tbe island was to pay
their respects to President Arthur and
salute him. On the way the Tennessee,
when outside Seal Rock, went on a
blind ledge. Captain Selfridge says the
chart gives nine fathoms of water to the
■pot where tlie vassal went on. She
came off without assistance, after a
delay of fifteen minute*, and as she waa
uninjured, joinedthe other ships on ths
way down..
“President Arthur was fishing when
tho squadron have in sight. Th*n, af
ter a brief tarry, tho Ueet returned, ar
riving at Newport about 7 o’clock."
NSW Orleans Nsxt Winter.
In addition to the attractions of its
climate, Mardi Gras carnival and tlie
wonderful exposition, New Orleans will
present attractions to suit the tastes of
all, and such as are calculated to draw
visitors from all quarters. The Times-
Denocrat in alluding to this subject
says: “It is probable that New Or
leans will become quite a sporting
centre daring the exposition. In tho
Northern and Western cities, sporting
and athletic exercises, races and all
such amusements have toceaso with
the firit toucli of cold weather, where
as here they can he continued the whole
winter through, for there is no season
cold enough to interfere with or stop
them. This has licen tbe experience
with baseball which has been carried
on here in the winter months as suc
cessfully as in summer; and this waa
tbe experience of the past two seasons
in tlie matter of raring, onr climate be
ing found admirably adapted to nearly
every kinds of sport.
“There is every prospect, therefore,
that we will have an abundance of
■ports daring the exposition. They
will not interfere with tho great event,
bat will prove a further lattraction to
the city, for visitors will have an oppor
tunity not only of seeing the wonders
displayed at the exposition, bat will be
able to take part in any amusement or
■port they prefer.
“Arrangements are now being made
for intcr-State and international drills,
tournaments, etc. We will probably
“Hullo, Bob! the co.vch is (b||i
ws 11 have to strap turn behind"
replied the boy.' “• c * la >lj
The Bartholdi statue noonln ... ,
1° tire people of the United £v£s IomSk 1
000 with which to complete tlie redelou'
If money ix not forthcoming the work^ml
cease within thirty days. b w * w111
The Chinese government denies
with some appearance of truth, thatiisTi
*»wnted to the clauaea of the trestoMz
which the Lang Son incident la claimed hi
the F ranch to have bren a violation .ns
i account of which the indemnity SlhSk
lina refuses is demanded. J
It gave the English public cancel*!
pleasure to find the name of Baker I 1 .,,,,
among those Invited to the r.wal g.S~
party at MarlWough House, ft li
cant as allowing how the land lies l h,
highest quarter and gives promise to hi!
restoration to the armv. He has suffered
heavily for a weighty fault. n ed
■ th ° Fr <mc*> papers has col-
lacted the choice flowers languraX
fail by different speakers at the VerSnE?
Congress. Here are some of the eiD>«£
ions which membera hare applied to one
another: "Set of burglar’s tools,"
ure ’’"core, ,te ballet.'' • debauches," 'S
ol thieves.” “menials,’’ "dung hean."
“f.etld mud,” “hounds,’’ “bandits " • £!’,
asltes," “cut purses.” F
1* i ?„ rel » t ® d that ° f t h ? 4,000 Jews in
MarseUlesbntaeven have been seised with
cholera. 01 these seven, two were life-long
lDTAlids. another waa 07 years old and two
other* discarded the Vewi* Lw. T??
American lit brew as nib * this compara
tive immunity to the dletiry law* of Juda-
ism. and lilt* up ita voice acainst "the
unclean oflal feeding things of sea h«.|
and’ which Christian epicures prize so
highly.
Tiik wife of an American author is
reported to have recently said to bins*
" My dear, you are always hunting for mo
idetoputin noveis. Why don't yon put
_ #1 1 already/’ was the reply.
Oh, when? Why didn't you tall m*r'
‘‘I was afraid you would nol lilco it, dear."
“Of course I should. How silly! What
is the name of tbo character?” "You
umatn’t be angry. then-'Calmiity Jane,
tbe Terror of Trescow Gulch."’
A Vouno man had his girl out carri
age riding the other evening nnd tho lions
took fright nnd ran away. In turning a
corner the vehicle was overturned ami tho
voting lady was pinned to tlie earth, the
body of tbe carriage lying heavily across
lier waist. She was rendered unconacinm.
When she was released from her perilous
position she slowly opened her eyas ai
fnn-ciousnr-s returned and faint j gastv-d:
“Don’t—squeeze—me-qulte-su—hard-
next—tlme-John.”
Tns value of roonev as a campaign
argument seems to be fuily appreciated nv
the prohloitlonlsts. At a prohibition nm-
venfion In New Jersey .other night,
Mr. John W. Atkinson Michigan, stated
that in bis Stats the followers "f St. John
and Daniel “bad a cnmtmign fund oft25*
tWO," and he predicted that tttt'V would
carry the State. Hfa predi ttnn of success
was ao closely allied with the campaign
juml Hint 111" ilnpro" .,,1; thut ii" r. ,n.<
It ss the great medium of victory could
scarcely be escaped.
Tn great cathedra', in tho City of
Mexico Is the largest in A merles, and co.t
nearly 32.000,000. It m. oommenerd by
the Spaniards in 1573. on the site of the old
Aztec temple, or pyramid, and finished tn
1807. It- facade is hen'iiituily carved.
Against Its western well lean* tho cele
brated CalendarStone.c, hierogliph
is*, and weighing twenty-five tons. IU
east, which tlie Mszicen government I- at
present enraged in taking, wilt I-- exhiMt.
! It tie- New Oilean- teer Within
the cathedral are n number of painting*,
••• if them raid to I... t..e work of Mu
rillo,
Sinking of the Tallapoosa:
A government naval vessel, while en
gaged in a junketing tour for the pleas
ure or politics of Billy Chandler, has
been sank. In the firet place, the ves
sel should not have been in any each
service. Ita the second place, it ap
pears tiiat her officers wero incompe
tent to command her. She waa some
thing of a tub, and worth about as
much aa Chandler’s salary to tlie 4th
of March next, which should bo
held up.
As there was loss of life, Chandler
and the officers of the Tallapoosa-
■lionld bo court-martialed. An excel
lent opportunity is offered to break np
a bad practice.
The freight the Tallapoosa was -ex
pec ted to carry consisted of Chandler
and his political pais, and |>crha9S
some females. It U fortunate that the
females wero not alioard, and much, to
he regretted that Chandler and his
crowd were ashore.
The Bombarded Town.
Cablegram.
Foo-Cbor, where tho first attack of the
French force* wm mad*,l- t!u* capital citv
of tbe province of Foil Ki-n. aixi one of
the few ports of Chinn ojwn to foreign
trade. Ita Chinese xifune i* H*>k Cbm,
which signifies “happy rr«lon.” Poo Chow
is about 420 mile* north* .mi of Caui«m nml
375 miles southwest of Shanekoi. It is od
a plain,.2'$ miles from th - rivr Min. sod
2S toller from Its month, liilh surround
tho city, about four miles distant, and it U
•• r--I !».* mi*’ mI ti ■ i ", it.tr w til- nl
China, seven mi es in dream fere nee, from
twenty to twenty •five feet nigh, and from
twelve to twenty foot iu thi.-kue-i »t dif
ferent points. It hss sev.-u^ates, owr ench
01 whloh Ih a lull guard i »w»*r, always
guarded. There is a stone bridge across
tho rivrr a quarter of a m. »• with
fatty piers at unequal
known to Uw native? n»
'»> age* being over -<i
l-ued with shop-4, and till
ing pop ilation living iu I,
FuoChc w proper i? Ti
the streets, though raved ....
filthy.-rarr.^w, and filled with brggare. The
arsenal le situated threo mUe.t down the
river Min, at Pagoda Maul, where sea-
going vwsaeh usually anchor. It. was
frurwlte.! in i*n -r. J has beer, conducted,
:ii. !’ r tt.e* d.r*’c'i<»n «.» |'r-uu : i
according t> Kuropean methods. !*oo
Chow is the tent of «\ Viceroy or g*iV*VDOr>
general, with jurisdiction over Fokeen and
Cbekiaag, a province to tb* north. The
Industrie? are mamifnciuru.g cotton, pa
per, hard wars, porcelain, -Greens, blue
eioth and comb?. Til* principal commerce
is with Japan and the maritime provinces
of Chinn. The chief 1‘xpoila are lean, tim
ber, bamboo, fruit?, tub »t. potash, grain,
apices, cooper and lead. The importance
opium, salt, sugar and European manufac
tures.
tige of 10,-
..'.ti It i?
lauv* tloat-
it the river.
y b lilt, tat
Tho War Fusion Is to be Worked In. Iowa
and Michigan.
The plan is that though soparato tick
ets for electors are put out, tho same
men arc to be voted for. For ilfoatra-
Uon: one ticket reads the ‘‘National
Greenback-Labor ticket,” ami it con
tains the names of thirteen electors.
Another ticket reads “The National
Democratic ticket,” and it contains the
names of the samo thirteen electors.
In counting the vote the election offi
cers canvass the Greenback vote and
the Democratic vote separately, but as
tho same men are voted for, the aggre
gate goes to their credit. Suppose the
Democrats cast 100,000 and tho Green/
backere 75,000, each name on the twe
tickets gets a total of 175,000. It is un
derstood that the electoral vote shall
be cast in proportion to tho popnlai
vote. This means that if the Demo
crats cast three-fourths of the aggre
gate vote of the two parties, and the
combined vote beat* the Republicans,
then three-fourth* of tlie electors cho
sen by that combination shall vote for
Cleveland and one-fourth for Butler,
and rictrcrto.
From th* Mouth* o* Children.
N. Y. Time*.
“Lai's pity we waa married,” laid little
Annie to little Dick, “and vou pul vour
arm** around me nnd ki» me aril tell me
you love me. Won’t that Ih* nict-V '
“Yes, but don't letV in* married. You
bo a nut>f and I’ll bo some other little
girl’s husband, That a the way pap*
does.”
W*ll Put.
rWladelpWa Time-.
Both Cleveland and Blaine w.-rt* nomi
nated as the deliberetf :hoice •>( their re*
*!*•» tive parties, and no than could now Ih*
substituted for either with advantage to
his party. Blaine it fairly entitled to be
rluctud if the well-defineu policy of t!.«
dominant leadership of the Republican
party merit? the confidenceo( the « ountry,
ami Cleveland i? fairly entitled to be elect
ed if tin policy of honest government he
representii merits the approval of the na
tion.
'Doing a Grand Work for Me."
In sending for e new supply of Com-
ound Oxygen, a gentleman at Walnut,
uwa, nays
”l cannot get along without it <m it u
>j •<"-K >i sjranil untie lor mr. You u»'iU
■>t helietrnu to thr ..iniv >,n-rrubl< m-1?
ilf'K.
•tjK ,
my I inM
.-ways I am
r did
1 through
but othf
rer I did.”
r '' Trent it’ "'t Com ft
lining a hivtory of tin
i* of action of iLiji re
ut 1 still have
when I do any
feeling as well
nr ti.
w ;■!.- range
i ■ Ad-In
xiA UUti.